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On a foggy day, a huge volcano erupted at Manies Village. Volcano ashes spread all over the village and destroyed a huge amount of houses. But then, the volcano and the ash clouds disappeared! Then came lightning followed by a booming voice, ?People of Manies, I cannot tell you who I am. But I am from the skies and I will be coming down to your village soon. I will protect you from a future disaster like the volcano eruption that happened a few minutes ago, or an attack.?. The voice made the ground shake and the villagers ran for shelter back in their houses to prevent the person in the sky to see them.
The next day, a man dressed in black came down to the village and bellowed, ?Hello Manies!? that woke up the whole village. ?He's here, everyone! Run!?. The villagers cried. ?Hey guys, don't run!? cried one villager. ?Remember he was going to protect us?? he said with patience. ?Let's ask him what his name is, okay?? the villager said. ?Okay!? all the villagers said in unison. ?What is your name, sir?? asked a villager called Henry. ?Oh, hello there, my name is Jacob.? the man dressed as black replied. Then Jacob reached out a hand for a handshake. But no one got near him. Jacob waited for a moment and retracted his hand. And then, a burst of light flashed through the village and charged at Jacob. All the villagers thought that Jacob had summoned those lightning and wanted to hurt them so they screamed. ?Please don't run, I'm here to protect you guys.? Jacob tried to explain to the villagers.
?Fine, we will stay only if you show us what you can do to protect us, okay?? Said one of the villagers. ?Okay,? Jacob said. And then he summoned a burst of lightning and more powers to show the villagers what he can do. ?Wow,? the villagers said in awe. ?You are amazing!? A villager named Zac said. ?I hope you can help us defend against a raid that is going to happen next week!? Zac said hopefully. Suddenly, a siren went off. ?They are coming!? Cried Zac to Jacob. ?Who?? Jacob asked ?It is the raiders! They said they will be coming next week, but here they are now! So we need to run!? Zac explained while running. ?I will protect you guys then,? Jacob said with confidence. ?Good luck then, you'll need it!? Zac shouted in a far distance. An arrow flew past Jacob's head. And then a volley of arrows was shot towards Jacob. ?Arghhhh!? Jacob shouted. Then he summoned a bolt of lightning toward the raider and half of the fleet disintegrated. ?Run!? Shouted one of the raiders.
And they fled. ?Manies, you can come out now. The raiders have fled!? Jacob announced proudly, his voice echoing along with the empty village. Then a cheer went up! ?Hooray!? The villagers cheered. ?Thank you so much, Jacob! You can officially be a part of our village now!? Announced the chief of the village the next day. ?Thank you, chief!? Jacob was so excited that he was jumping up and down like a kid who got their favourite thing for their birthday. The next day, there were many knocks on Jacob's door. People gave him food and jewels as thanks. ?Everyone, I appreciate all the gifts you guys gave me. Thank you so much!? Jacob said happily. ?We will do anything to make you feel like home!? Zac said. Whenever Jacob went out for a walk, many people would trail him and ask him for autographs. Once, the chief of the village even gave him a gold medal and a diamond crown as a prize for saving the village!
1 year passed without any disaster or attack. But on a peaceful and clear day, the siren went off again. Everyone ran for shelter once again like last time and Jacob stayed outside to defend the village. This time, it was giants and cyclopes attacking the village Jacob has never seen them before, so he doesn't know which power to use. He combined all his power together and fired it towards the crowd of giants They disintegrated. He shot another at the cyclopes, but they didn't even get a scratch! This got Jacob thinking very hard, he was trying to figure out the cyclopes' weakness with his brain. ?Ah-ha!? Cried Jacob as he finally thought of a way to defeat the cyclopes. He did what his brain told him and summoned a bolt of lightning first, the fire and finally, water.
He launched them towards the cyclopes. He doesn't believe it! The cyclopes still didn't disintegrate! ?Ahh!? Cried Jacob in frustration when the cyclopes are coming close to him. Suddenly, a pitchfork flew out of nowhere and hit one of the cyclopes' eye. He was blinded. ?EEE!? Screamed the cyclops in pain. ?Hooray!? As the cyclops slumped down towards the ground and disintegrated. Jacob's head turned toward the cheer, it was Zac in front of all the Manies villagers. ?Thank you, guys!? Jacob said with a sigh of relief. Now he knows where to hit the cyclops to make the cyclopes disintegrate. But there were more coming, so Jacob used his power to summon hundreds of bows and arrows for the villagers. ?Now we can go and defend this village with pride!? Cried Zac over the loud footsteps of the cyclopes. ?FIRE!? Shouted Zac as a volley of arrows were shot into the air and some went into the cyclopes' eyes! ?You guys have incredible aiming skills!? Jacob shouted. ?I know because our ancestors used to be archers.? Zac said as he fired another arrow straight at the last cyclops. ?YAY!? Cried all the villagers, including the chief when the last cyclops slumped down and disintegrated.
Next month, all the villagers were given a medal of bravery, including the chief himself and Jacob. At a speech, Jacob asked why there were so many attacks on this village. And the reply was, ?We actually have a lot of wealth and treasures that other village or tribe and creatures might want, so we are lucky to have you help us defend our village.? The chief said. Afterwards, no more attacks came and Jacob continued living a happy life down on Earth with the Manies. THE END
The Adventures of Snodfarge Grundweiler III and You.
I created this when teaching 3rd grade in New York.
Have you ever woken up in the middle of the night? I have.
Why I woke up in the middle of last night, I
have no idea, but I did. I stumbled with a
tired yawn and looked out of my bedroom window. In the distance, I saw a tiny little light moving slowly from left to right across the sky. At first, I
thought I was looking at an airplane, but then it did something extraordinary. When the object reached the horizon, it turned and flew back across the sky again, this time passing nearer to my house. It continued to fly back and forth, back and forth across the sky, coming closer and closer until it reached my front garden.
No airplane ever looked remotely like this.
The vehicle had an oblong shape and the
outside was covered with lights flashing
purple, red, green, and yellow. As the vehicle revolved
it emitted a horrible high- pitched screeching
noise like chalk on a blackboard
YEEEEEEch!!! Suddenly it landed with a
thwack.
A door on the side of the spaceship
(at least I think I was looking at a
spaceship) opened slowly, making a creaking
sound as though needing some oil or grease
on the hinges.
What happened next made me shiver with
Fear. An alien emerged that looked like, well, it looked like nothing I'd had ever seen before. One enormous, square purple eye stared out from the middle of the being's forehead. It had three ears. One ear stuck out of each side of the head, with a third ear dangling off the bottom of its chin. In the middle of
its face was a funny-looking triangular nose.
Just underneath the nose was an extensive
thin mouth with one white tooth sticking up
from the bottom lip.
Instead of hair pink colored, wormlike creatures wave slowly back
and forth. The spaceman (at least I think he was
a spaceman as he arrived in a spaceship)
was wearing a suit made of a very shiny
bright yellow material that covered his body,
except for below his elbows and knees. The
rest of the being's arms and legs were
extremely hairy and looked like they
belonged to a lowland mountain gorilla. A
thick, gluey looking substance protruded at the
tips of its eight fingers and toes, which were
almost twelve inches long.
There's no point in denying the situation. I
was scared; in fact, I was terrified. What was this strange thing? Could we communicate? Could it speak English? I mean,
what if it looked up at me, started waving its arms around, and talked to me in a weird language? Could you imagine if it began to
speak and said something crazy like
?Shtooyotbemitzagvaniot? or ?hoozitgaunhen.?
Or, what if it looked up at me and started
rubbing its tummy, saying
?Umm, breakfast.? I mean, I didn't want it to eat me for breakfast.
the other hand, stuck on the wall.
Thukadum, thukadum, the alien's feet stuck
against the wall. There was a tearing sound
as hands and feet slowly pulled off the wall
then re-stuck further upcoming closer to my window.
I stared in open-mouthed disbelief as
the big square purple eye stared into mine, and it
gently tapped my window with the eight
I opened the window a tiny bit and
whispered in a very shaky voice
?Y-Yes, can I help you??
To my astonishment, it answered me back in
English saying
?No, but I can help you.?
?How,? I asked.
Then the alien replied,
?My name is Snodfarge
Grundweiler the third and I come from the planet
Prrrr?.
?You come from the planet WHERE?? I
replied.
?I come from the planet Prrrr.?
?Excuse me, but I've never heard of the
planet Frrrr before.?
?No wonder,? the alien
Replied,
?There's no such place as the planet
Frrrr. No! I come from the planet Prrrr."
"Aha," I replied, although I was utterly mystified.
"Where exactly is the planet Frrrr, I
"The planet Prrrr is in another galaxy far away
from this galaxy."
"Well, Snodfarge, you don't mind if I call you
Snodfarge, do you?"
"Not at all;"
"Well then, Snodfarge, how can I help you?"
"Oh no," Snodfarge replied,
"You have it all wrong, you see. I'm here to help you."
"How?" I asked.
"Today is your lucky day. You see, I traveled here in my magic spaceship. Now, if you follow
my instructions exactly, you will be able to
travel in my spaceship and visit
the country you want on the whole of this planet.
By the way, which planet is this?"
"This," I answered the creature,
"Earth, ah, yes, I've heard of you, of course. A third-level
planet. Still, never mind, I'm sure you will develop with time. Now, which country do you
"Wow! Do you mean it? Can I fly back to Scotland and visit my twin sister Ingrid?"
"Yes, of course."
" Can I also fly to Israel and visit my older sister Niki?"
"Yup, you can also visit all your cousins, nieces and nephews, and other friends."
"Fantastic, I'm so excited. Hey, hang on a second,
you said I had to follow your directions exactly. Just what are they?
Nothing bizarre or dangerous, I hope. You see
I'm not the bravest of human beings, and I'm
rather scared of heights and things like that."
I forgot humans have more than one tooth.
Brush your teeth. Comb your hair. Now, most
important of all, you must put on the special
sticky end gloves and shoe coverings in order
to help you climb down the wall."
After washing my hands and face,
combing my hair, and brushing my teeth. Thwap, I managed to pull the gloves over my hand and thumb. There followed four more thwaps as I pulled on each finger. I
did the same with my other hand and both feet. Next came the scary bit.
I began to climb out of the window.
"No, you won't," replied Snodfarge.
"Your gloves will keep your hands stuck to the wall."
Slowly I leaned out the window when thukadup, my right hand, stuck to the wall. Then again,
thukadup, my left hand attached to the wall.
"Wow! This is great fun, I yelled," as I climbed all over the wall. Snodfarge whistled and told
me to climb down off the wall and follow him
onto the spacecraft.
I walked up the ramp into the space vehicle and heard the creaking sound of the door as it closed behind me My mouth dropped open in complete surprise as I looked around the inside of the spaceship. I had never seen anything like this in my life. The
walls seemed made of chocolate with
the most delicious-looking candies sticking out.
Snodfarge then asked me which country I
"I think I want to go to Scotland."
"That's fine, but before we go, there is something you need to Know."
family and friends, you must also find out a
number of facts about Scotland so when we
return you will be able to tell your class and
teacher what you have learned about the
country after your visit there."
"What do I need to find out?"
"Well?" asked Snodfarge,
"What would you like to find out?"
"Oh, I think I would like to find out what school is like there. Also, how big is the country? What is the name of the capital city? What kind of sports do they play? Oh, yes, of course. What types of candy do the kids enjoy? You know,
come to think of it, there are lots and lots of
things I could find out about Scotland."
Snodfarge then came up with a suggestion.
"Michael, (that's my name) before we go, I
I think the best thing you can do is create a list
of all the things you would like to learn about
Scotland. Then ask your family, teacher, and
the children in your class what they want to
learn about the country."
"That's tremendous. Can we leave now?"
"Sure," replied Snodfarge.
He pressed various buttons with peculiar shapes.
A strange and irritating high-pitched whine came out of where I think the engine might be.
Suddenly he cried out,
"What's happened, Snodfarge?"
"The Wuffle Timer is broken. Now I will have to send a message to the nearest 'Don't Nix It' spaceship.
"What's that?" I asked.
"It's the universal triple AAA.
Their motto is Don't nix it; we can fix it."
"Will it take them long to get here?"
"Not at all. Sometimes they can come as quickly as 200 of your earth years."
"Wait! Did you say 200 years?"
"Yes! Why? Is that a problem?"
"Of course, it's a problem. Humans don't live that long."
"Wait a second. I just had a super idea."
?We can go to the library instead.?
?Why would we go to the library??
?Because you'll be able to do most of the
research at the library, and that will help answer most of your questions.?
?Do you know any other ways I could learn the information if you can't get your spaceship fixed on time??
?Yes, Michael, I do; you can write a letter to the embassy of the country you select. When I was in New York, I had a great idea. The kids in the class would compose a letter with their teacher and write to their chosen countries' embassies. About six weeks later, students will receive large envelopes from almost every country they had contacted. The information within may contain maps, photographs of famous places, plus other interesting factoids regarding their countries of choice.?
?But Snodfarge, what do I tell all the other kids in
class AND my teacher about you??
?That, my friend, is up to you. I mean, am I real, or is
this all in your imagination??
?You know Snodfarge; it doesn't really
make a difference. What does matter is that I have lots of exciting research to do at both the library and the embassy. Wow! I wish tomorrow were here already. I can't wait to get started with my exploration.?
?Well, Michael, before you go on your adventures to Scotland, I suggest you write down all the questions you can think of that you would like to find answers for??
?That's a fantastic idea. I can think of at least ten. Would you like to hear them??
?Of course, I would, Snodfarge replied. What are they??
1. What language do they speak?
2. What is the capital city called?
3. In which continent does the country lie?
4. What kind of foods do people eat?
5. What is the highest mountain?
6. What is the longest river?
7. What games do the children play?
8. When do they go to school?
9. What subjects do they learn there?
10. What is the country's most popular sport?
?Wow, Snodfarge, once I have found the answers to all those questions, I think I will know a whole lot about Scotland.?
?Michael, I have taken
thousands of kids all over the world in my space- ship.
Now I will tell you something unique. Once you have
researched and retrieved the answers
to all the questions from both yourself
and the other children in your class and
perhaps your teacher as well, you will be
able to consider yourself a member of the Snodfarge geographical discovery family.
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